David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Thursday 30 April 2020

French Line Cavalry

In the shape of more Eureka Miniatures for my Wars of the French Revolution collection, also part of the Salute pre-order from two years ago. I had intended that Phil would paint these for me, but with lockdown curtailing our freedom of movement I decided I'd better tackle them myself, buoyed up by the generally warm reception my efforts at O'Donnell's Frei-korps received. I found an illustration of the 20th cavalry from 1795 showing them with rose pink facings so I decided to go with those. The flag is a modified free download from a French website, now defunct I think, and the bases are sabots and movement trays from Warbases. A few pictures which I hope will give an impression of the look of the unit ~




In the end they turned out to be less fiddly than I had feared, although the poses of one or two of the ones piece castings of the rank and file caused me some overpainting in correcting smudges where I'd caught details inadvertently. After these were completed, as my latest order for more Dixon Miniatures ACW figures had still not arrived, I cleaned up and undercoated some of the cavalry from my last order. Some New York cavalry I think.

22 comments:

  1. And very pretty in pink they are too.

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    1. I had to mix it too, very strange times we are living through...

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  2. Another lovely unit and the pink facings really work rather well.

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    1. Thanks SteveJ, I was pleased in the end with the look.

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  3. Well done David, the same ones are coming in our club...Great job!

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    1. Thank you Phil, though I'm sure your club's will turn out better than these.

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  4. Nice work, I worry not about corrections and regularly repaint during the process. All gets covered up in the end

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    1. Thanks Matt! Probably the best approach but with time on my hands...

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  5. Very nice. I always seem to smudge or miss something and don't notice until I think the figure is finished. Like nicks on figures I use on the table, I run for the paint and repair or I don't sleep.

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    1. Thanks George! Here once they are painted that's it, they take wear and tear in their stride.

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  6. Lovely finish on these cavalry troopers! I'm glad the positive reception to your freikorps brought us these!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain for your constant encouragement, it's much appreciated.

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  7. Great work on these excellent Eureka figures

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  8. I really like these, David The uniforms of the Revolutionary era are tempting!

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    1. Thank you Gonsalvo, much appreciated.

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  9. Very nice indeed David...
    It’s a very attractive colour combination...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. I was unsure until I'd painted two or three, but I think you are right in the end. The trumpeter is very in your face close up!

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